Switch an
appliance off (if possible) with a mains switch and not with a standby
button or remote control.

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Compact
fluorescent lamps are a lot more economical then incandescent lamps (but you
knew that already!), this has the biggest impact in places where the light
is on for the whole evening.

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Switch the
computer off via a plug box with manual switch and connect all the other
computer peripherals such as monitor, scanner and printer to the same plug
box.

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Mains power
adapters also use power when nothing is connected to them. Remove them from
the wall socket when they are not in use.

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For
appliances that are continuously powered from a mains adapter it helps
considerably if the old (linear) mains adapter is replaced with a modern
(switching) version. These have a higher efficiency and use much less power
in the idle state.

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Some
appliances consume just as much power in the standby- state as in the
on-state (for example a cable TV receiver). It is therefore pointless to
switch these from one state to the other.

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Wireless
routers are not used the whole day. Switch them off when you dont need them

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Finally,
look at the total energy consumption of your whole house on a quiet
afternoon (when no appliances are manually turned on) by noting the reading
of the kilowatt-hour meter in your meter box and check the reading again an
hour later. This will give a good overview of all the silent consumers in
your house.

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